Inkstand



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

BENJAMIN S. FLETCHER, OF CORNISH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

INKSTAND.

Specitication forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 49.617, dated August 29, 1865.

To all whom fit may concern Beit known that I, BENJAMIN S. FLETCHER, ot' Cornish, in the county of Sullivan, State ot' New Hampshire, have invented new and usei'ul Improvements in Pocketflnlistands; and I hereby declare the following is a full and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the drawings that accompany these papers, and which form a part of these specifications, in which- Figure is a perspective View; Fig. 2, aview of the ink-receptacle detached from the case -in which it is usually carried.

A is one part ot' the box or case; B, the other part or cover; C, the receptacle for the ink; D, a spring by which the bottle C is held in place, both When reclining' in the box A or when standing erect, as seen in Fig. l, the latter' position being indicated by the red dotted lines.

E represents a guard acting to prevent the spring D from being raised too high, and also to prevent the bottle C from being carelessly turned in the wrong direction; h, a pin to connect the spring D with the bottle C; g, a partition to keep the pen-case in place; I?, space for the pen.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and the mode ot' using it.

The box A, with its cover B, may be made of meta-l or ot' Wood or gutta-percha, very light, and'only large enough to receive the ink-receptacle C and a short pen-case. The ink-receptacle should be of glass in order to preform ot' a hook and elasping the pin, as seen in Fig. 2.

By Fig. 2 it will be seen that the bot-tie C has a recess in its lower end, through which pin g passes from side to side, so that the bent end ofthe spring D requires to be raised slightly to clasp this pin. This arrangement keeps the force of the spring D constantly active to keep the receptacle C firmly down to the bottom ot' the box A, whether the said bottle C be lying down, as in Fig. l, or standing erect, as indicated by the red dotted lines. It is in this arrangement that the nature ot' Inyinvention consists, and the advantage is in affording lthe ink-bottle a large and [irm base to stand upon when in use, and thus avoiding holding it in the hand, and the great liability ot' havingit upset.

I do not claim any particular form of pocketcase or of the ink bottle; but

What I4 do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination ofthe bottle C, the spring D, and the guard E, all arranged in the case A, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

BENJAMIN S. FLETCHER.

Witnesses:

D. C. CALBY, ALFRED P. PHILBRooK. 

